MYes. I am one of those mean moms! We are schooling year round! Mainly because I work full time as a nurse in pediatrics so we don't get to school mom-fri or whatever. Also, during my days off we are busy going to speech therapy for my daughter and counseling sessions for all of us. So we do a lot of evening schooling, and they get plenty of breaks! (Remember when I talked about flexibility?! It's a beautiful thing). So far this summer our main focus has been on Math and English. Those are the things that are 1. Most important and 2. More complicated to grasp. Especially for my oldest! He is also resistant to learning, if he doesn't like it he don't want to do it. I was a bit like this but I enjoyed a lot more than he did, lol. Anyways we try to incorporate life lessons with book lessons, for example when we are going over math and money... If we go to the store for something I will give my son money and what we need and he has to help figure out how much/what we can get and how much will be returned. This has helped all of us understand math and view it differently. It also introduces that socializing with someone outside of the home in a realistic and meaningful way. In pubic schools you are in a class with a bunch of kids your own age. I'm not sure how that prepares you for the real world? But OK. So he gets the social aspect, and speaks to people along the way, and learns math. WINNING!
My daughter is just in preschool/kindergarten. She is doing good and loves schoolwork. If it was up to her we would do schoolwork all day, everyday. She especially enjoys "math" which is matching and recognizing differences and grouping for her age. She has been able to count to 10 for a long time now, has known all ABCs and sounds for a long time now as well. She has trouble with speech and language delay, so sometimes it's not always easy to go to the next steps with her. She struggles with cvc words and phonograms. That's okay! She's eager to work and learn and we will get there!
Today we are going to go over the map. Africa is our beginning. We will go over cities, states, history, culture, weather and whatever else we find. My oldest will write a couple of paragraphs and draw and label a map and my daughter will color pictures and tell me a story. Maybe we will find something we can make.
As for the little one (11 months old) we will be working on patience lol!
We also have a new member of the family! Meet our new boxer, Adrian. (Name is subject to change) it's potty training time for her!
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